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FBI chief says five QAnon conspiracy advocates arrested for January 6 U.S. Capitol attack

U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats
U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – FBI director Christopher Wray told a Senate committee hearing that at least five self-identified advocates of the QAnon conspiracy theory have been arrested in connection with the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol complex.

“We have arrested at least five self-identified QAnon adherents related to the January 6 attacks specifically,” Wray told a hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Worldwide Threats on Wednesday.

(Reporting by Mark Hosenball and Patricia Zengerle)